BMW of Catonsville (Baltimore)

[zach]

Anyone here have any experience with these guys? I'm looking at two preowned X5 50is there.

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by zach

Anyone here have any experience with these guys? I'm looking at two preowned X5 50is there.

I feel like Michael Maloney might have been GM in Rockville. That's all I have to contribute. Bren may know them.

Edit: Those are good finds. The nice thing abut the 2016 models is they still have the 4 year warranty/maintenance.

[SARAFIL]

Maybe it's a sign I'm getting old... I used to recognize there names of most of the BMW stores but I've never heard of these guys. However over the years BMW has required a lot of dealers to drop their own names and use a geographic name (BMW of "insert city here") so maybe I knew them under a different name.

[zach]

Thanks to both of you. These are the two vehicles I'm looking at:

2016 X5 50i

2015 with more miles but I don't really care

The price on the 2016 is extremely competitive so I might just call today and ask them to hold it until I can fly down over the weekend or early next week.

I'm going to try to trade in our car which is going to be a major pain in the ass given stupid MA vehicle registration laws.

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by zach

Thanks to both of you. These are the two vehicles I'm looking at:

2016 X5 50i

2015 with more miles but I don't really care

The price on the 2016 is extremely competitive so I might just call today and ask them to hold it until I can fly down over the weekend or early next week.

I'm going to try to trade in our car which is going to be a major pain in the ass given stupid MA vehicle registration laws.

Catonsville is a MileOne dealership, as was our dealer BMW of Sliver Spring. They were fine.

The older X5 came from Georgia...

I'd go for the newer one. But that's me. Neither one is a great color combo, but both are really nicely optioned. Options/condition trumps colors in used cars. (Sorry to use that word )

[bren]

I bought my first BMW there, used to be a pretty small low-volume store but has since grown quite a bit. Then followed the salesman to another (larger/shadier) dealer for the others, (he's since moved over to Porsche).

That was all before the "MileOne" acquisition. I haven't been there recently, but their service dept was run by a CCA guy for a while - not sure if it still is.

I could send my extremely anal-retentive father over to check them out if you'd like. I'm sure he'd love to do it.

[Biggins]

I bought some parts there when it was called Russel BMW and looked at a CPO X1 there a few weeks ago. The parts purchase was easy enough, but that's really all I have to add.

[zach]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

Catonsville is a MileOne dealership, as was our dealer BMW of Sliver Spring. They were fine.

The older X5 came from Georgia...

I'd go for the newer one. But that's me. Neither one is a great color combo, but both are really nicely optioned. Options/condition trumps colors in used cars. (Sorry to use that word )

I'm fine with the color combo. I've actually never seen the mocha leather in person, but it'll probably be fine. Black Sapphire isn't as good as Carbon Black but it'll do.

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by Biggins

I bought some parts there when it was called Russel BMW and looked at a CPO X1 there a few weeks ago. The parts purchase was easy enough, but that's really all I have to add.

Ah, Russel. They always had a good eye for loaded CPOs. They used to price them high, though.

[zach]

Originally Posted by bren

I bought my first BMW there, used to be a pretty small low-volume store but has since grown quite a bit. Then followed the salesman to another (larger/shadier) dealer for the others, (he's since moved over to Porsche).

That was all before the "MileOne" acquisition. I haven't been there recently, but their service dept was run by a CCA guy for a while - not sure if it still is.

I could send my extremely anal-retentive father over to check them out if you'd like. I'm sure he'd love to do it.

Thanks for the offer! I'm waiting to hear back from the dealership regarding the availability of the cars, but I might just take you up on that.